Where does “törökszegfű” come from?

törökszegfű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian török, from Aromanian turcu, from Turkish Türk, from Ottoman Turkish ترك, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

törökszegfű (Hungarian): sweet william

Definitions

  1. sweet william

Ancestry of “törökszegfű”, step by step

törökszegfű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian török

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariantörökTurkish; Turk; first-person singular indicative...
2AromanianturcuTurk
3TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
4Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
5Persianترکcrack
6Middle Persiantwlk'—
7Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
8Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Hungarian szegfű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszegfűclove; carnation
2Hungarianfűgrass; pot, grass, marijuana
3Proto-Ugricpimɜgrass
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Middle Persian twlk' →